The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-17
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THE convict population of the United States
not counting the rogues out of Jail, is 64349, or
one to every $50 inhabitants.
| QUEEN CHRISTINA, of Spain, who is German
by birth, has been unable TO conquer her aver
sion to bullfghts, and now absolutely refuses TO
attend any.
THE first glass window in England was one
put up in an abbey aboat $50. Glass windows
however, did not become general for many hun
dred years. and as late as 1917.
| A LONDON news agent says that the sales of
| tie five American magazines reisslled in Eng
land exceed the sales of the twenty-five leading
| magazines of the United Kingdom.
THE new library building just commenced in
Washington City, for which Congress appropr-
ated something like 81 600 will be the largest
structure in the federal capital, with single
exception.
| A BRIDGEPoRT Conn., manufacturing concern
is sending large numbers of a family button
hole machine to India and Japan and Co.
establishment has an order for fifty sewing ma
chimes for Asia.
THE heaviest member of the Fat Mems Club
of New York is John Fiske, 40 pounds. The
minimum weight allowed in members is 200
pounds The heaviest sixteen of them weigh a
total of 1851 pounds.
QUEEN VICTORIA has the largest book ever
bound. 1t measures eighteen inches across the
back, and weighs over thirty pounds 1t is the
volume with the jubilee addresses of congratu
laton from the habitations of the Primrose
League.
GEORGE f. HULL of New Lebanon ION the
Hudson), N, Y, has cat which recently had a
litter of kittens, among them being black and
white one with a perfect Wyandotte chicken
feather in it's forehead and markings similar to
this fowl on its paws.
UNDER the operation of high license law in
Philadelphia, the number of saloons will be re-
duced from 5, 750 to about 3,0G0 and the decrease
will close up most of the low grade of grog-
shops. That is this is expected to be the re-
suit if the law is enforced.
A CHICAGO SYNDICATE proposes to expend
$500, 900 in improving 1900 acres of land on False
Bay, in Southern California and then put it on
the market for sale. These improvements in
clude hotel to cost S125. 900, and a non secta-
rian college, on which $500, 900 will be expended.
A CHEEKY RASCAL called up the Sheriff of Sag
NAV, Mich, by telephone the other day and
said: You may turn Flynn loose; he's paid his
fine. This is Judge Nolan talking And the
gentle Flynn who was doing twenty days for
being drunk, was on the verge of freedom when
| the Sheriff discovered the hoax.
A CONGRESS of Russian m 'nufacturers is 10
meet early next year in St. Petersburg. twill
consider ways and means of remedying the COM
mercial stagnation in Russia, and opening new
markets to her products. Incidentally the reg
ulation of the tariff, of railway rates, the organ
ization of industrial credit institutions ETC., are
to be discussed.
THE latest scheme to swindle the farmer is
being perpetrated under the guse of so-called
society to prevent the killing of birds A man
invades the rural home, talks glibly about the
good being done for the farmer by the birds,
and ends by asking him to sign pledge not to
Kill bird in twelve months. The pledges, with
little manipulation, turn up in the way of
promlsSory note, and make trouble.
ST.. PAUL man says that in noticing the sig
natures of children of friends of his he is fire.
quently startled by the close resemblance of their
penmanship to those of their parents. Inquiry
does not demonstrate that the children have in
tentlonally copied the handwriting of their
sires, but without intent have come into the
same pen peculiarities. In some instances the
difference between the two could scarcely he
distinguished
CHARLES SHAw-LEFEvRE Baron Aversley, at
"a years old is still a sprightly and active man
in body and mind. He is as close a student of
current politics as when he was Speaker of the
House, thirty odd years ago, and as keen
sportsman as ever, as may be inferred from the
fact that he has just been purchasing brace of
breech-loading guns containing all the modern
Improvements invented by men born since he
passed the meridian of life.
A DRUG STORE" in Bangor, Me-, according to
local paper, was found by constable who
officially visited it to be equipped as follows:
Seventeen bottles of lager beer, a bottle with
one and a half pints of whisky, four bottles
each containing gill of whisky, one bottle with
half pint of wine, one bottle with pint of
wine and bottle with pint and half of wine,
a pint of gin, two quarts of alcohol and can
containing two gallons Of alcohol.
THERE has just died in Paris, in poverty and
neglect, man who once played an important
part in European politics. Odian Efendi was
the real author Of the constitution which Midhat
Pasha attempted to introduce into Turkey years
ago For q long time Odian Effendl has been
sick in Paris from a disease which did not per-
init him either to sit or lie down, and he had to
be kept in standing position constantly.
devoted sister nursed him faithfully.
THE richest copper in the world is said to be
found in mine not far from the Calumet in
which much of the copper is found pure and in
great masses too heavy to handle bodily, and
too soft and plable to be sawed or blasted to
pieces: The only way to reduce the mass is by
the tedious method of chisellng. This is so ex-
pensive, says the New York Commercial Aduer-
ftser, that It actually makes the richest mine in
the world practically almost valueless
ABOUT year ago young man named Saur !.
ders, living in Huntingdon, Eng, stabbed his
sweetheart in the chest with a sword-cane The
girl apparently recovered, but she has ALWAYS
insisted that piece of the weapon must havs
broken off and remained in the wound Pr,f
Humphreys, of Addenbroke Hospital. Cam
bridge, has just succeeded in extracting from
the girls body piece of the blade more than
six inches long. 1t was taken out from Ter
back, broken end first, showing that il had
turned completely around since she was stabbed
''OLD UNCLE TOM SANUELs, Of Birmingham,
Ala, is one of the well-to-do members of the
colored race He was at one time the property
of Col. Samues, of Richmond. Va. After the
death Of the Colonel Tom passed. as part of
the estate, through several hands, and was
finally made free man by the great proclama-
ton. He went to Alabama and worked on a
railroad, saving his money and living economi-
cally. About thirteen years ago he bought
twelve acres Of land near Birmingham for SO
an acre. The growth of the city has made his
property valuable, and he sold six acres a year
ago for $1,000 an acre. He has refused $4,000
in cash for his remaining land.
A SUBMARINE CABLE, measuring about 2,5C0
feet, was ished out of the lower harbor near
Bridgeport, Conn, few days ago, by Capt
Green, of the steamer Isis. Where it came
from, or how long it has been where found is a
mystery. Harbor Master Mcneil, who Is an old
sound captain, thinks some tug or heavily laden
coal barge having a broken nose or a project
ing spike in her keel, picked 1t up at Throgg's
Neck or in New York bay, broke it from its
shore fastenings and brought ii there The
cable is composed of seven copper wires en-
cased in rubber, surrounded by ten galvanized
iron wires, the whole covered with hempen